Beowulf Intro

Beowulf  is one of the oldest poems in the English language.

• True
• False, it is the oldest poem in the English language

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How many written transcripts (copies)are left of Beowulf?

• 100,000
• 10,000
• 1,000
• 1

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Some of the characters in the poem actually existed.

• True
• False

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The actual poem  dates from the 8th century 

• True, but the story may be set even earlier, around 500 A.D.
• False, dates back to 500 A.D.
• False, dates back to 500 B.C
• False, dates back to the 11th century

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The only copy of the manuscript was written sometime 

• around the 10th century
• around the 9th century
• around the 8th century
• around the 11th century A.D. (1000’s)

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• Current Europe
• Europe in the Beowulf era
• Asia
• Old English America

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There are a lot of Jewish references in the poem, 

• False, there are a lot of Christian references in the poem
• False, there are a lot of Muslim references
• False, there are no religious references
• None of the above

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Pagan means

• Muslim
• Nature gods
• Buddist
• Catholic

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Foe means

• BFF
• enemy
• forever
• 4

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• Europe today
• Europe in Beowulf time
• Old English America
• Saxon America

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